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CBS News and Stations
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CBS NEWS AND STATIONS INVESTIGATION EXPLORES THE NATIONAL EPIDEMIC OF ROMANCE SCAMS
A year-long CBS News investigation finds that in the hearts, minds and wallets of Americans across the country, romance scams are taking a serious – and sometimes lethal – toll. CBS News and Stations kicks off a multi-part investigation, ANYTHING FOR LOVE: INSIDE THE ROMANCE SCAM EPIDEMIC, beginning on Sunday, April 21 through Sunday, April 28 across CBS News programs and CBS-owned stations. CBS News’ chief investigative correspondent Jim Axelrod leads the investigation, speaking with a daughter whose mother was ensnared in a romance scam that cost her more than her life savings – it cos...
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60 Minutes
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“60 MINUTES” LISTINGS FOR SUNDAY, APRIL 21
Airs 7:00-8:00 PM, ET/ PT on the CBS Television Network SECRETARY OF COMMERCE – Since taking office as the U.S. secretary of commerce under the Biden administration, Gina Raimondo has turned the second-tier agency into a center of national security, manufacturing and job creation. Correspondent Lesley Stahl meets Raimondo to talk about the international “chip war” after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the escalating trade tensions with China over U.S. restrictions on the sale of leading-edge semiconductors and U.S. jobs hanging in the balance. Raimondo also shares the path that brought he...
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48 Hours
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A CAREGIVER IS ACCUSED OF POISONING HER FRIEND WITH EYE DROPS – SHE MAINTAINS HER INNOCENCE AND SAYS INVESTIGATORS GOT IT WRONG
(L-R) Jessy Kurczewski; Lynn Hernan Watch a Preview In October 2023, Jessy Kurczewski went on trial for the intentional homicide of Lynn Hernan, along with two counts of felony theft for stealing from Hernan. Five years earlier, Kurczewski called the police and told them she found Hernan dead, sitting in her recliner, in the living room of her Pewaukee, Wis., condo. Kurczewski told investigators she had been helping take care of her friend, who had been struggling with health problems. Almost three years later, she was charged with poisoning that friend with eye drops. Contributor Jeri...
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Stations
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CBS STATIONS ANNOUNCES NEW GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY INITIATIVE, CBS NEWS CALIFORNIA INVESTIGATES; NAMES JULIE WATTS AS REGIONAL INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT
CBS Stations Jennifer Mitchell, president of CBS Stations (West Coast—Midwest), announces a new California-based investigative initiative, CBS News California Investigates, and names longtime journalist Julie Watts as the regional CBS California correspondent. Through CBS News California Investigates, Watts will uncover and raise awareness of serious issues impacting Californians, hold local officials accountable, obtain answers for viewers and provide solutions. The segments will air weekly on the CBS-owned stations in Sacramento (KOVR CBS13/KMAX 31), San Francisco (KPIX 5/PIX+ Ch.12) a...
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CBS Entertainment
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CBS BY THE NUMBERS
The Network’s Series Have Led the Broadcast Pack Since February New Season Premieres, Winning Six Nights a Week and Holding 14 of the Top 20 Non-Sports Programs CBS has led the four broadcasters since its February new season premieres, winning six nights a week (Monday-Tuesday and Thursday-Sunday). CBS is also home to 14 of the top 20 non-sports programs on television, including the top four most-watched programs. (Source: Nielsen, NPM, 02/12/24-04/14/24, Most Current Data) CBS BY THE NUMBERS: Six nights a week, CBS wins the night – Monday-Tuesday and Thursday-Sunday. Six nigh...
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CBS News and Stations
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CBS NEWS AND STATIONS LAUNCHES “PROTECTING LIFE ON EARTH,” A WEEK-LONG SERIES BEGINNING APRIL 16, WITH AN EARTH DAY SPECIAL AIRING ACROSS LINEAR AND AVAILABLE ON STREAMING CHANNELS
Leading up to Earth Day, CBS News and Stations explores how plant and animal species are in decline and a warming planet is partially to blame, and how some heroic scientists are working to overcome these issues in PROTECTING LIFE ON EARTH, a daily multi-part Climate Watch series and half-hour special that begins airing on Tuesday, April 16 across CBS-owned stations in 14 owned markets. CBS News will also air special reports beyond Earth Day through the end of the month and CBS Newspath will provide CBS-owned stations and affiliates additional Earth Day packages beginning April 22 through...
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CBS News
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JOINT STATEMENT FROM NEWS ORGANIZATIONS ON PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES
With the contours of the 2024 general election now coming into clear focus, we - the undersigned national news organizations - urge the presumptive presidential nominees to publicly commit to participating in general election debates before November’s election. General election debates have a rich tradition in our American democracy, having played a vital role in every presidential election of the past 50 years, dating to 1976. In each of those elections, tens of millions have tuned in to watch the candidates debating side by side, in a competition of ideas for the votes of American citize...
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CBS News Sunday Morning
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“CBS NEWS SUNDAY MORNING” LISTINGS FOR APRIL 14, 2024 (9:00-10:30 AM, ET)
Watch “CBS News Sunday Morning” Jane Pauley anchors a special “The Money Issue” of CBS NEWS SUNDAY MORNING that explores how money impacts how we work, play, spend and live our lives. The broadcast looks at issues such as the impact of public domain and the rise of New Balance shoes, features interviews with Jerry Seinfeld and Tyler Henry, and so much more. FREE AND CLEAR – Lee Cowan looks into the history of the public domain and how some of the biggest characters of our lifetime, from Frankenstein to Mickey Mouse, are, or someday will be, public property. SEINFELD – Mo Rocca catches ...
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CBS News and Stations
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“CBS MORNINGS” AND “CBS SATURDAY MORNING” GUEST LISTINGS FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 15, 2024
CBS SATURDAY MORNING Saturday, April 13 Saturday Sessions: Hurray for the Riff Raff The Dish: George and Linda Meyer of Cook in Tuscany Caleb Carr, author of My Beloved Monster Keith Lee, social media influencer CBS MORNINGS Monday, April 15 Rebecca Wisocky, actor in GHOSTS Alua Arthur, author of Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real About the End Tuesday, April 16 Co-host Gayle King sits down with Salman Rushdie, author of Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder and wife Rachel Eliza Griffiths, poet and novel...